Top 5 Most Important Players Continued

1. Marcus Ginyard. I know; put on your surprised face. Marcus Ginyard, to me, is the most important player for the upcoming year because of the fact that he has been in the most big games, has the most starts, and has been the vocal leader for the Tar Heels since his sophomore year. I've said it before, but he needs to be that David Noel player. If Marcus Ginyard can be that type of player, this team will be very successful. He does not need to produce the same stats as Noel (If he can, I'll take it though), but he needs to lead and from what I've read, he's going to fulfill that role and already has that mindset.

Think back to that 05-06 team and realize that they had Q. Thomas, Byron Sanders, Reshawn Terry, Wes Miller, and David Noel returning, plus the freshman class. This upcoming year's team will have Ed Davis, Tyler Zeller, Deon Thompson, Will Graves, Larry Drew II, and Marcus Ginyard and then you add all this year's freshman. Yeah, scary good. The 05-06 team was picked to finish 6th in the ACC. This year's team will probably be picked to win the ACC or at least be second. This could still be a great year for the Heels and I am ever so looking forward to it.

Here's a piece on Marcus Ginyard and this article talks about how he can take on the Noel role and it's very similar to the post I had a week or two ago, but still worth checking out.